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Record 1 2022-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Zoology
  • Marine Biology
DEF

[In marine life,] an organism's beak or beak-like part.

OBS

The term is used in reference to [cetaceans], crustaceans and some fish.

OBS

In crustaceans, the rostrum is the often spinelike anterior median prolongation of the carapace.

OBS

rostrum: The plural forms are "rostra" and "rostrums."

Key term(s)
  • rostra
  • rostrums

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Zoologie
  • Biologie marine
DEF

Prolongement plus ou moins effilé de la tête chez les animaux marins.

OBS

Chez les crustacés le rostre prolonge le céphalothorax en une fine épine carénée; chez certains cétacés le rostre est formé par une extension des mâchoires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Anatomía animal
  • Zoología
  • Biología Marina
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Record 2 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings and Assemblies (Administration)
  • Floors and Ceilings
DEF

A raised platform or stage upon which the speaker stands.

CONT

Check lighting to be sure that it focuses on the podium and directly on the speaker. The podium should be the best lighted spot in the room.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions et assemblées (Administration)
  • Planchers et plafonds
DEF

Plancher élevé de quelques marches au-dessus du sol ou du parquet. [...] Haranguer la foule du haut de l'estrade.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reuniones y asambleas (Administración)
  • Pisos y cielos rasos
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Record 3 2012-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
CONT

[In cirripeds, the rostrum is an] unpaired valve between [the] laterals and opposite [the] carinal at [the] basiscutal end of [the] capitulum, simple and provided with alae in lower balanomorphs, but compound and overlapping [the] laterals in higher balanomorphs ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

La région ventrale [d'un Cirripède], par rapport à la tête, donc au pédoncule, est appelée «rostre» [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

Massive deposit of fibrous calcite ... enclosing much of [a belemnite] phragmocone and extending beyond its apex.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Corps calcaire en forme de cigare qui n'est pas qu'une petite partie [d'une bélemnite] complète.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Facilities and Venues
  • Sports (General)
CONT

He stood ... on a piece of Finnish box-like furniture that was a fair replica of the winner's rostrum in the Olympic stadium.

CONT

Best sprinter Thor Hushovd of Norway, Lance Armstrong of Austin, Texas, and best climber Mickael Rasmussen of Denmark, from left, wave from the podium after Armstrong won his seventh straight Tour de France cycling race.

CONT

Having known the exhilaration of sitting on the winner's podium, Colette is regarded as one of the greatest wheelchair athletes of our time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et sites (Sports)
  • Sports (Généralités)
CONT

Il n'y a rien de plus motivant pour un athlète que la perspective d'entendre le Ô Canada! sur le podium des vainqueurs, a souligné Daniel Igali, médaillé d'or en lutte aux Jeux de 2000 à Sydney et membre de l'équipe olympique canadienne 2004.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones y sedes deportivas
  • Deportes (Generalidades)
OBS

La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recuerda que el plural de podio es podios.

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Record 6 2003-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

A part suggesting a bird's bill, as the beak, snout, or proboscis of any of various insects and arachnids.

CONT

The [water] strider feeds on smaller insects found on or near the surface film; spearing its prey with its sharp proboscis ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Organe buccal prolongé en bec ou suçoir. [Plus particulièrement :] Ensemble des pièces buccales modifiées en stylets chez les acariens, les insectes hétéroptères, les homoptères et les diptères vulnérants (trompe des moustiques).

DEF

Pièces buccales allongées et piqueuses de certains insectes (punaises, pucerons) [...]

CONT

[Le Gerris peut] capturer les petits insectes qu'il trouve sous ou sur la pellicule de surface. Il les perce grâce à son rostre effilé [...]

Spanish

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Record 7 1991-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Éperon des navires de l'Antiquité en Méditerranée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Partes de los barcos
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Record 8 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
OBS

a -- from which official announcements are made is located in the center of the southern and of the room.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
OBS

(...) du coté opposé à l'entrée, se trouve le -- d'où sont annoncées les nouvelles très importantes, soit par le président de la Bourse, soit par son représentant officiel.

Spanish

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